Bina Shah discusses the “Islamophobia” trend, in which media and other groups portray Islam-American relations in a negative light for money-making purposes.
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Writer Rewa Zeinati discusses censorship, Western misunderstanding of Middle Eastern literature, and the role of female writers in an oppressed society.
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Lebanon-based poet Mazen Zahreddine discusses why he doesn’t think in terms of nationality, publishing his works illegally, and working with Poeticians.
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Poet Jehan Bseiso discusses the importance of Poeticians, self-censorship in the Middle East, and her latest collection of poetry.
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A blank page in Pakistan’s International Herald Tribune leads columnist Bina Shah on a quest to discover what was censored and why.
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In this week’s From Egypt column, writer Hamdy el Gazzar discusses the use of belly dancing as a form of propaganda by politicians desperate to regain power.
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On April 17, the Sindh High Court issued a stay order against the blocking of web sites by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, a temporary victory in the fight against arbitrary Internet censorship. But the threat remains.
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Last year the Syrian political cartoonist Ali Ferzat was abducted and severely beaten by masked men as he left his studio in Damascus. Despite the assault, he has neither abandoned his criticism of Assad’s regime, nor his support of the Syrian Uprising.
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Faraj Bayrakdar spent 14 years as a political prisoner, living horrors of torture and solitude until his release in 2000. In this interview, he talks about prison, torture, and the Arab Spring.
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Exclusive interview with conceptual artist Shurroq Amin, whose latest show, “It’s a Man’s World,” was shut down by Kuwaiti authorities on the basis that the paintings were “pornographic” and “anti-Islamic.” Includes a slide show with a few of the paintings in the exhibition.
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Sampsonia Way's companion guide to City of Asylum’s Exiled Voice of China and Tibet literary event, featuring standout pieces from its three year coverage of exiled and persecuted writers. READ
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